Solid-State Imaging Device
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Sowa, Kunihiko Hara, Makoto Inagaki, Yoshiyuki Matsunaga
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Abstract
According to the present invention, as a structure of a pixel section (10), in each of columns from a first to a m-th column, a plurality of pixel signals outputted from a plurality of pixels arranged in a column direction are transmitted, respectively, to a plurality of output signal lines (15l to 15n) different from each other. Then, a read control and are set control are simultaneously executed on the plurality of pixels.
Claims5
A solid-state imaging device which reads, in a predetermined order, signal electric charges generated in a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and outputs the read electric charges, wherein
- each pixel comprises:
- a photodiode for generating the signal electric charges;
- a transfer transistor for transferring the signal electric charges generated in the photodiode to a signal accumulation section in accordance with a transfer control signal;
- a reset transistor for controlling a potential of the signal accumulation section in accordance with a reset control signal;
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- an amplify transistor for amplifying the signal electric charges having been transferred to the signal accumulation section and outputting, as a pixel signal, the amplified signal electric charges to an output signal line, wherein
- in each column, outputs of n pixels arranged in a column direction (vertical direction) are respectively connected to a plurality of the output signal lines, whose number is equal to n, and which are different from each other, and
- all of a plurality of the transfer control signals respectively supplied to the plurality of pixels are the same, and all of a plurality of the reset control signals respectively supplied to the plurality of pixels are the same.
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